Contemporary History of Latin America

AvTulio Halperin Donghi,John Charles Chasteen

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

For a quarter of a century, Tulio Halperin Donghi's Historia Contemporanea de America Latina has been the most influential and widely read general history of Latin America in the Spanish-speaking world. Unparalleled in scope, attentive to the paradoxes of Latin American reality, and known for its fine-grained interpretation, it is now available for the first time in English. Revised and updated by the author, superbly translated, this landmark of Latin American historiography will be accessible to an entirely new readership. Beginning with a survey of the late colonial landscape, The Contemporary History of Latin America traces the social, economic, and political development of the region to the late twentieth century, with special emphasis on the period since 1930. Chapters are organized chronologically, each beginning with a general description of social and economic developments in Latin America generally, followed by specific attention to political matters in each country. What emerges is a well-rounded and detailed picture of the forces at work throughout Latin American history.This book will be of great interest to all those seeking a general overview of modern Latin American history, and its distinctive Latin American voice will enhance its significance for all students of Latin American history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-09-27
Mått:158 x 235 x 34 mm
Vikt:798 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Latin America in Translation
Antal sidor:456
Förlag:Duke University Press
ISBN:9780822313748

Utforska kategorier

Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Tulio Halperin Donghi is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. John Charles Chasteen is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Recensioner i media

"If Halperin's book owes its interpretive power and revisionist insights to the perspective and ideas of the economists concerned with the roots of Latin American underdevelopment, it tempers these insights with a historian's broad view of historical change, a wide familiarity with primary documents, and an unrivaled command over available secondary sources."-Charles Berquist, University of Washington, Seattle "The translation of this classic work is long overdue. Halperin's remarkably skillful at interweaving threads of social, political, and economic history into a coherent whole in a way very few historians can."-Deborah Jakubs, Council on Latin American Studies

Innehållsförteckning

Preface vii Translator's Preface ix Prologue to the Thirteenth Edition xi Prologue to the First Edition xiii I. The Colonial Heritage 1 II. The Crisis of Independence (1810-1825) 42 III. The Early National Period (1825-1850) 74 IV. Emergence of the Neocolonial Order (1850-1880) 115 V. Maturity of the Neocolonial Order (1880-1930) 158 VI. Progress in a Stormy World (1930-1945) 208 VII. New Directions in the Postwar Period (1945-1960) 247 VIII. A Decade of Decisions (1960-1970) 292 IX. Latin America in Our Time 338 Epilogue 401 Bibliographical Essay 407 Index 421